[Michlib-l] FW: Michigan Department of Education Press Release & Free Common Core Session

Mon Oct 28 17:40:13 EDT 2013

Please see the forwarded press release from the Michigan Department of
Education.
The Michigan Department of Education can now move forward on implementing
the Common Core and Online Assessments.

Thus, if you haven't already, you may want to sign up for the* free* panel
session:

*Public and School Library Collaboration: Common Core & More! *
When: November 20, 8:45am - 12:00pm
Where: Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S. Rose St.  Kalamazoo, MI 49007

The session will feature a panel of public librarians, school librarians,
and the Michigan Department of Education's Content Literacy Consultant,
Brandy Archer.  The panel will discuss ways in which public and school
librarians can collaborate to increase services to elementary and secondary
students including focus on the Common Core & College and Career Readiness.
 Come to this session to get information on resources and ways to
collaborate to support students.

*Even though this session is free, you need to pre-register *-- so we can
have enough food and materials.

Please register at:
http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html
If you have questions about registering, let me know.

Also, while at the Annual Conference Page, check out the other sessions and
highlights of the conference -- you may want to attend more than just the
free session.

Everyone is invited to attend!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

-Kathy

Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
MAME President-Elect, Conference Chair, 2013
School Librarian
*2012 * <http://www.libraryofmichiganfoundation.org/pages/slea.html>*State
Librarian's Excellence Award
Winner*<http://www.libraryofmichiganfoundation.org/pages/slea.html>
kathyL at mimame.org
*Don't miss MAME's Annual
Conference<http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html>,
Nov 20-22 in Kalamazoo, MI*
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From: Ackley, Martin (MDE)
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 3:56 PM
To: MDE-Communications
Subject: Michigan Department of Education Press Release

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News Release

Contact: Martin Ackley, Director of Public and Governmental Affairs (517)
241-4395

* Michigan Department of Education Resumes Work on Implementing State
Standards and Assessments*

October 24, 2013

LANSING – State Superintendent Mike Flanagan has directed staff at the
Michigan Department of Education to resume all activities helping local
school districts implement the Common Core State Standards and statewide
assessments, following an “affirmative action” today by the Michigan Senate.

The Senate adopted its substitute version of House Concurrent Resolution
11, which was adopted by the House in September.

The state legislature had inserted language in the Michigan Department of
Education’s Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget prohibiting the department from
using any funds on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards
and Smarter Balanced Assessments “unless an affirmative action of the
legislature authorizing implementation of said standards or assessments is
provided.”

“I’d like to thank House Speaker Jase Bolger and Senate Majority Leader
Randy Richardville for getting us to the point where we can continue to
move forward,” Flanagan said. “To help all our students succeed, our
collective work needs to be focused on having rigorous standards; effective
and valuable assessments aligned to those standards; and high quality and
effective educators.”

The State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards as
Michigan’s state standards in 2010 and local school districts have been in
the process of developing their own curricula to align with those state
standards since then.

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